Catch 22: Legendary Emmitt Smith Spends a Few Flawless Moments with Panini America
It's not every day that you get to spend some quality time with the NFL's all-time leading rusher. Clearly, last Thursday was no ordinary day. I jumped at the chance to accompany Panini America Football Acquisitions Manager Joe White on a quick trip to Emmitt Smith's business office so that the Dallas Cowboys legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer could…
Inside Flawless: Panini America Offers More Insight into 2014 Flawless Football (Gallery)
The all-out onslaught on previewing the drool-inducing collection-makers coming to next Friday's release of 2014 Flawless Football continues unabated today here on The Knight's Lance with another jaw-dropping ensemble of autographs, autograph memorabilia cards and your long-awaited first look at the some of the jewel-embedded base cards in the product. This particular Saturday showcase -- in concert with yesterday's robust…
Flawless Friday: Panini America Provides a Revealing Glance at 2014 Flawless Football
You want to know how I know this was a productive work week for me? I got to go over to the Panini America production facility twice in a span of four days. I ventured over Monday afternoon to catch members of the Panini America Product Development team packing out the highly anticipated 2014 Flawless Football. I had the opportunity…
Panini America Delivers a Retail Rainbow to Colorfully Complement 2014 Prizm Football
Later this week in mass retail outlets across North America, the long-awaited retail versions of 2014 Prizm Football will arrive to enchant retail-minded collectors much the same way the hobby counterpart has been doing for in hobby shops for much of the last two weeks. For 2014, Panini America has bolstered Prizm Football's many retail SKUs with a resplendent rainbow…
Now Live: Panini America’s Newest Football Ink Features Blockbuster Names (Gallery)
Simply put, the last 10 days or so here at Panini America HQ have witnessed a star-studded influx of monumental NFL autographs, including many from recently released products that initially packed out as redemptions but are now, obviously, in house. Headlining that last? The likes of Drew Brees, Emmitt Smith and Russell Wilson from key products such as 2013 Black Football and 2013…
The Nastiest Treasures: NFL Legends, Stars Bring Bang to 2013 National Treasures
Filthy. #Wow. Nasty. #NoWords. Spectacularly insane. #TheBarHasBeenRaised. Insanely spectacular. Greatest . . . Autograph . . . Ever. #Awesome. Clearly, there are many ways to sum up what you're about to see, whether you're talking on Twitter, on Instagram, to your friends in the hobby shop or to no one in particular. However you choose to describe it, Panini America's…
Holiday Treasures: Panini America Explores the Gifted 2013 National Treasures Football
As collectors across the globe celebrate Christmas today with family, friends and -- if they've been especially good this year -- their favorite Panini America trading card products, we thought we'd take this opportunity to offer an extended pre-ink peek at 2013 National Treasures Football, which promises to be, simply, one of the most gifted football products of this or…
Panini America Offers a Must-See First Look at 2013 Certified Football (Preview Gallery)
Panini America's venerable Certified Football franchise is evolving right before our very eyes. And the evolution is one collectors will instantly recognize -- and appreciate -- when 2013 Certified Football arrives in hobby shops in late September. For starters, there's a fresh face lift on the brand's calling-card Freshman Fabric RCs. There's the addition of base Rookie Card counterparts (without autographs…
NFL Hall of Famers, Retired Legends Ignite 2012 National Treasures Football (Gallery)
For 2012 National Treasures Football to truly be considered the most spectacular release in the brand's proud, super-premium history (as we've said all along that it will be), Panini America Product Developers realized that they needed more than just collection-making Rookie Cards honoring the lights-out 2012 NFL Draft Class. They realized they needed to raise the bar. Well, consider the…
Summit Signatures: Panini America Peeks 2013 Industry Summit Black Box Autos
Yesterday, we began lifting the lid on building anticipatory buzz for next week's 2013 Industry Summit by revealing just a taste of the prime memorabilia cards (each a 1/1) that will headline many of Panini America's fabled Black Boxes. Today, we turn up the heat with an exhaustive preview of the 1/1 autograph cards randomly inserted into the company's 2013…